"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic bacteriology (Bacteria compared with other microorganisms -- Structure of bacterial cells -- Growth -- Genetics -- Classification of medically important bacteria -- Normal flora -- Pathogenesis -- Host defenses -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Antimicrobial drugs: mechanism of action -- Antimicrobial drugs: resistance -- Bacterial vaccines -- Sterilization & disinfection) -- Clinical bacteriology (Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria -- Gram-postive cocci -- Gram-negative cocci -- Gram-positive rods -- Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract -- Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract -- Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms) -- Mycobacteria -- Actinomycetes -- Mycoplasmas -- Spirochetes -- Chlamydiae -- Rickettsiae -- Minor bacterial pathogens) -- Basic virology (Structure -- Replication -- Genetics & Gene therapy -- Classification for medically important viruses -- Pathogenesis -- Host defenses -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Antiviral drugs -- Viral vaccines) -- Clinical virology (DNA enveloped viruses -- DNA nonenveloped viruses -- RNA enveloped viruses --- RNA nonenveloped viruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Arboviruses -- Tumor viruses -- Slow viruses & prions -- Human immunodeficienty virus -- Minor viral pathogens) -- Mycology (Basic mycology -- Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses -- Systemic mycoses -- Opportunistic mycoses) -- Parasitology (Intestinal & urogenital protozoa -- Blood & tissue protozoa -- Minor protozoan pathogens -- Cestodes -- Trematodes -- Nematodes) -- Immunology (Immunity -- Cellular basis of the immune response -- Antibodies -- Humoral immunity -- Cell-mediated immunity -- Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation -- Complement -- Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory -- Hypersensitivity (allergy) -- Tolerance & autoimmune disease -- Tumor immunity -- Immunodeficiency) -- Ectoparasites (Ectoparasites that cause human disease) -- Brief summaries of medically important organisms -- Clinical cases -- Pearls for the USMLE -- USMLE (National Board practice questions

Completely updated throughout, this 10th edition offers a concise, high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and immunology, with an emphasis on the clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases